dormant

Adjective
Synonyms: hibernating(a)torpidinactivedormant(ip)sleepingabeyant

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation“dormant buds”“a hibernating bear”“torpid frogs”Synonyms: hibernating(a)torpid
  2. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct“a dormant volcano”Synonyms: inactive
  3. lying with head on paws as if sleepingSynonyms: dormant(ip)sleeping
  4. inactive but capable of becoming active“her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened”Synonyms: abeyant
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. --Halliwell. Dormer
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